New Clock At Eden Park
A huge clock, standing about 12ft high, will be erected on the top of the No. 3 stand at Eden Park, Auckland. The clock, the two faces of which will point toward the Sandringham road end of the field and the scoreboard end, will be electrically operated and will tell the time and not the elapsed time of the matches played at the park. The faces and hands have had to be specially reinforced to withstand the strong winds it will face in the exposed position. Each of the faces is six feet across and the whole piece weighs about 12cwt,
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29219, 1 June 1960, Page 19
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106New Clock At Eden Park Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29219, 1 June 1960, Page 19
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